The Chisos Mountains from Tornillo Flat in Big Bend National Park, Texas NPS Photo by Erik Walker The virtual Annual Meeting of the Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition (CDEC) will take place at 6:30pm MT on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. The meeting will include installation of new Board Members and all members of the CDEC group …
Moon over Desert
How do I write about you, sitting there out of reach? So full of yourself. An exhibitionist bold in your arrival. Wreaking havoc along the way. Your presence impossible to miss. Magnetic. Glowing. Witness to all, you are the moon. Photo Courtesy of Matt Walter, Alpine, Texas
In the arms of Elephant Mountain
It runs without warning, this love of mine. Carving its way as it goes. Thundering falls, then quiet. I chase it but cannot see it. View of Elephant Mountain andCalamity Creek. Alpine, Texas The mountains and desert of far west Texas are forbidding terrain. Yet perfect for the Desert Bighorn Sheep. Almost lost forever by …
Lean into Big Bend National Park: Desert Horseback Riding
Arriving at camp, time slows to a trickle. I sit in the desert waiting for the sun to lower and cool the air. Dog snapping at flies, the sound of my horse munching on hay –a Sergio Leone western comes to mind. Views of the Chisos and Dead Horse Mountains frame Hannold Draw. Pens with …
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Art of the Desert
Chihuahuan Desert Views travel beyond imagination. Studies have shown that most people look at artwork in a museum for somewhere between 15-30 seconds. I invite you into my world. To wander. Visually explore every curve, texture, and color. Stare. Listen. Engage in the dialogue. And mostly, to surrender. Watercolors of sunrise reflect on the mountains …
Myths and Facts about Wild Horses and Burros
Article from: https://awionline.org/content/myths-and-facts-about-wild-horses-and-burros Myth: There are too many wild horses and burros on public lands and their numbers must be reduced. Fact: The opposite is true—there are too few wild horses and burros on our public lands, and unless their numbers grow, the survival of these special animals is in jeopardy. During the 1800’s, it is estimated …
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Desert Beauty: Living Rock Cactus
Look closely at her secrets. Buffers of creosote between thorny arms of mesquite and the spines of ocotillo. Plants intertwine but like an iceberg, there is much more beneath the surface. There is beauty here. In the fall, glimpses of fuscia mark my path. Gone as quickly as they appear. A flower appears from rock. …
Desert Treasure
Caballo Lake State Park, Caballo Mountains, New Mexico The land here in southern New Mexico is harsh and gentle at the same time. You see this most clearly if you follow the Rio Grande north from Texas. A ribbon of green snaking along the valley, flanked by desert mountains. Mountains which look soft from a …
The Return: Great news for the Bolson Tortoise
The Turner Endangered Species Fund with the help from partners including the El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens recently made conservation history by releasing captive-born Bolson Tortoises in the Chihuahuan Desert grasslands of New Mexico. Thirty years ago, I was very fortunate to join a team of scientists and National Park managers on a trip to …
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A Different Kind of Beauty
Terlingua, Texas Backroads. The Big Bend of Texas. Chihuahuan Desert. Standing tall in defiance through shades of red and black, rocks surround. Watching my every move. Silhouettes of Ocotillo stretch across the sky, thorns hidden in their softness. Riding Terlingua backroads, a yucca stands sentinel along the way. Wind dips down from the mesa and …
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